how many times have you needed to hang a lantern up- but there wasn't a tree handy?So it ends up on the ground, where it isn't as effective, and you risk knocking it over.
I picked up 2 10' lenghs of 1/2 conduit , and cut them into 6 pieces, with conectors so as to make 3 pieces 6'8'' long.I put in wooden plug and screwed in eyes, opening up one and putting it through the other two.That made my tripod and an S hook attached to the eye made the lantern holder.I attached some light chain to the legs to prevent the tripod from collapsing by overextension.
Anyway, it's a simple, effective, cheap, and portable lantern holder that gets it off the ground where it sheds more light and doesn't get knocked over.I think the whole thing cost $20.